Mochi
We’re off to Beijing this week so probably no more blog posts. Excited… it’s our first “real” trip in a long time. China is the land of Mochi’s ancestors. Apparently Shih Tzu means “Lion-Dog”…. Rarrrr! -Nick
This is the story of how I came to love a giant shihtzu named Mochi, who celebrated his 4th birthday last week. Bryn wanted a dog. She’d had one growing up and now that we had a place of our own she wanted to get one. She looked at ads for puppies all the time. [...]
The Tahoe Rim Trail circumnavigates the lake at elevation, and covers 165 miles. Looking forward to exploring it! It’s very distracting to have the water right there and all this new stuff to check out. I would wager Mochi has logged more hiking miles than probably most other shih-tzus. He doesn’t always have a great [...]
We’ve already established how Mochi the giant shih-tzu likes to nap on the couch by my desk. Sometimes he lets loose a good series of chirp-like barks in his sleep. We call them night terrors but they could very possibly happy reactions to be pleasant puppy dreams. Either way, it’s kind of funny. You’ll probably [...]
Yesterday was Mochi’s 3rd birthday. The commonly accepted people-years-to-dog-years factor is 7. So he turned 21! I thought we ought to pour him a drink to celebrate, but apparently alcohol is bad for dogs. Man no beer and no chocolate. I guess you have to make some sacrifices in return for never having to work [...]
Stacey’s in town. Mochi was pretty happy to see his friend again. -Nick
